When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he said to them: "Although the old views of the world cannot be changed at once, the court can guide him and liberate the productivity of women as much as the productivity of women. Over time, women earn money from their labor and obtain good honors, and the old ideas will naturally change accordingly!"

In fact, women from poor families don’t have so many concerns at all, everything is for life.

Only those with better living conditions can pay attention to women, such as not going to the front door or not going out of the second door.

Generally speaking, the consistent attention to women in ancient times can be summarized as three obediences and four virtues. In this aspect, there were actually misunderstandings in later generations.

The word "Three Observations" advocated by Confucianism was first seen in "Yiyi·Mourning Clothes·Zixia Biography", and the word "Four Virtues" was seen in "Zhou Li·Tianguan·Neizai".

The so-called "three followers" means: to follow the father before marriage, to follow the husband after marriage, to follow the son after death.

It means that girls should obey their parents' teachings before getting married and do not refute the elders' teachings randomly, because the elders have rich social knowledge and have fundamental guiding significance;

After getting married, you should follow your husband, practice with your husband, respect your elders, and educate your young people;

If your husband is unfortunate enough to leave first, he must stick to his duties, find ways to raise his children and grow up, and respect his children's life philosophy.

The "follow" here means "assist, assist", but in later generations, many people understood it literally, thinking that it means "obedience, follow".

There are also the so-called "Four Virtues", which refer to: virtue, words, appearance, and work.

That is to say, when a woman is her first priority, she is moral and can establish her foundation; then she must have knowledge cultivation, proper speech, and proper language; secondly, she is "beauty", that is, her appearance, pointing out that she should be dignified, steady and polite, and not be frivolous and casual; finally, she is "work", which is the way to manage the family, which includes the details of life such as taking care of her husband and children, respecting the elderly and loving the young, and being thrifty.

Similarly, in later generations, it was misinterpreted.

Generally speaking, the traditional Chinese "Three Obediences and Four Virtues" are not that bad. Some bad habits have gradually increased to women over time.

At this time, Zhang Mingwei proposed to liberate women's productivity and participate in the construction of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no conflict with the Three Obediences and Four Virtues.

I heard Zhang Mingwei say to Emperor Chongzhen and others: "The Old General Qin is a very good example. The court should use this as an example to promote it widely. Also, my wife is a good one. Zhou Yuji's wife is also fine. They are all the best among the heroes of the girls..."

When Emperor Chongzhen and the others laughed immediately.

But to be honest, Princess Kunxing followed Zhang Mingwei's battles in the south and north, and his subordinates controlled the female soldiers and did assist them. He could pacify the world so quickly, and he made an indelible contribution.

The same is true for the Zhou Liu family. The guards of Princess Kunxing also fought in battles from all over the country, and their contributions were also significant.

If you get farther away, Ma Xianglin's wife Zhang Fengyi also died on the battlefield for the country. She is also a hero among women and a heroine!

Zhang Mingwei continued, regardless of whether they smiled or not, and said, "In the officialdom, it can be not limited to palace maids with female officials. Other yamen. As long as there are suitable positions, female officials can be established. For example, hospitals, science and technology departments, etc...."

Speaking of this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said with a serious expression: "There are many new fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, etc. that require carefulness and patience and Octavia's observation. In these aspects, women have more advantages. If they all participate, maybe the court will have unexpected gains..."

Zhang Mingwei did not ask for one step at the beginning. If he directly said that women could be magistrates, officials like prefects, they would probably attract opposition and there would be a great response or resistance in society. Therefore, he would start with his most authoritative new discipline and the new yamen, which would reduce much resistance.

Sure enough, when Emperor Chongzhen heard what he said, he immediately understood that there were examples in later generations, so he immediately became moved. He nodded and said, "I think these aspects that sir have said can be used. There are differences between men and women, and the division of labor is different. As long as it is suitable for women, women can still do it."

"Since that's the case, can a free official school set up a women's school? This will lead to a lot of things!" As the steward of the Ming Dynasty, Du Yinxi naturally worried about the food, rice, oil and salt, and the lack of talents, so he took the initiative to put forward his ideas and said.

Many families will feel much more at ease by providing women and children with free access to school and employment arrangements.

In fact, there were already girls' schools in the Ming Dynasty, but the scope was small and rare, which was not common, and it was not the norm.

If the Ming Dynasty had always existed, it would be hard to say in the future. It was just that after becoming the Qing Dynasty, many aspects began to regress, which led to the powerful powers of the former world becoming the target of bullying by the great powers.

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei nodded and agreed: "This can be found. Similarly, other industries can also have women, not men and women, which can reduce many concerns of the people."

Speaking of this, he listed some industries.

Emperor Chongzhen and others felt that they were all OK.

So, we discussed and opened a hole from the women's side and took advantage of the women's power.

After discussing the will, it will spread to the world one by one.

It is no wonder that the Ming people have added another Nanyang province in the Ming Dynasty.

Except for some people with interest-related interests, such as those who want to be officials or those who want to do business, others don’t care at all, and they don’t even talk much.

Instead, the court wanted to add free women's official school and ordered girls of appropriate age from all over the country to study this, which has been discussed a lot, which has become a hot topic recently.

The Ming Pao can also promote the deeds of Qin Liangyu, Princess Kunxing, Zhou Liu and others, and even translate the deeds of ancient people, such as Huang Daopo, Mulan, etc., so as to encourage women to stand up.

The women's liberation movement in the Ming Dynasty officially kicked off.

At this time, the court ushered in another good news, that is, Portugal had previously owed the Ming Dynasty. That is, the fleet from America, carrying gold, silver and rubber, mainly rubber, arrived in the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Rubber is widely used in industry, agriculture, national defense, transportation and daily life, and its importance is self-evident.

However, Zhang Mingwei only knows the vulcanization of rubber. As for the others, different finished rubber products must have different methods, so this requires testing.

Therefore, he immediately submitted a report to Emperor Chongzhen, imitating other forms of rubber group controlled by the imperial court, and used social funds to produce rubber.

Because rubber was transported from South America in the early stage, it would take at least two years to harvest rubber from the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the purpose of rubber can only be used first in steam engines, ships, electricity, etc.

With this rubber, the performance of the steam engine will be greatly improved. This means that if the previous steam engine was a first-generation product, the steam engine and steam-powered warships after rubber are all second-generation products.

Also, one of the most important applications of rubber is electricity.

With rubber, electricity has the basis for large-scale application.

Otherwise, it would be too unrealistic to use the wires through bamboo or porcelain tubes.

In this way, the construction of large-scale hydropower stations has been put on the agenda.

The advantage is that the cement formulas were published in the world, and many people used them, and many people studied and improved. Therefore, there are many improved cement formulas, including official and private, and both have tested suitable cement in water.

In this way, it is much more convenient to build a hydropower station now.

However, the scale of hydropower stations at this time is definitely not comparable to those in later generations. Basically, ordinary people cannot afford the application of electricity. Only when time goes by, these infrastructures become more and more popular and the cost of electricity becomes lower and lower can everyone in the Ming Dynasty use electricity.

Although Zhang Mingwei is no longer leading troops to fight, he is really busy than at that time when he was fighting. He travels around various research institutes and factories to guide various problems that are not available to him, or if he leaves Zhang Mingwei's guidance, he doesn't know how much time, manpower and material resources need to be wasted to practice.

Look, when Zhang Mingwei inspected the steam engine factory, even if someone always put an umbrella for him or stood in the shade, he was sweating profusely.

In this way, let alone the craftsmen in various workshops in the factory.

Just as he was about to inspect the next workshop, a commotion came. When he went over, he saw that a craftsman fainted.

Seeing Duke Xingguo coming, Jiangtou explained helplessly: "Not only the weather is hot, but the workshop is even hotter and they take turns working, but people often get heatstroke!"

Zhang Mingwei looked at them and looked at the environment. Although the door was open, the environment was indeed hot enough and everyone was sweating profusely.

"Oh, it would be better if there was wind. This windless weather would be so hot that it would be too hot!" Jiangtou sighed and sighed when he saw Duke Xingguo not angry.

"Why, can you stop working?" When he heard his words, the Ministry of Works officials who accompanied him to inspect felt a little embarrassed and quickly scolded, "Whether there is wind or not, you have to do it. This is the steam engine that the emperor attaches most importance to!"

Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei suddenly had a lit up. It was difficult to get an air conditioner, so can’t I get an electric fan?

With electric fans, this situation can be greatly alleviated, not to mention that the south is probably even more needed.

Thinking of this, he immediately smiled and said to them, "I will solve this matter of Feng!"
Chapter completed!